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Par Louis Martel* À plusieurs reprises dans leur histoire, les États-Unis ont adopté des politiques protectionnistes pour vite réaliser qu’elles nuisaient aux Américains. Beaucoup d’attention a été portée à la menace de tarifs douaniers de l’administration Trump. Mais une autre proposition passée sous le radar – l’imposition de droits portuaires exorbitants à tout navire construit […]

By Michael Grey* “Unfriendly natives” – it said, recalling a previous visit, but the Old Man, worrying about the reaction of the pilot, demanded that the Third Mate erase this scurrilous observation, even though he subsequently agreed with its accuracy. It is not the first time they have featured as a source of seafarers’ exasperation,

By Michael Grey* Do seafarers have any human rights, in an era where worthy folk are always shouting about this supposed entitlement for those who live safely on land? You have to wonder, when you learn about some of the disgraceful treatment meted out by the authorities around the world to those who have aroused

By Michael Grey* With everyone slowing down to save both the planet and fuel we should not be surprised that the expeditors among us are more anxious than ever to cut corners to make up for all those lost hours on passage. Some are undoubtedly sensible, such as becoming more expert at timing an arrival